The Book of Power Girl

[Viegon]

The Book of Power Girl

C3G DC WAVE 25
THE JUSTICE SOCIETY


Comic PDF


Mini PDF


The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Brave and the Bold set.
Its model number and name are #035 / Power Girl.

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Character Bio - The Earth-Two counterpart of Supergirl, Kara Zor-L shares a very similar backstory with her Earth-One version. Sent through space in the Symbioship as an infant to escape the destruction of her home planet Krypton, Kara landed on Earth decades later then her cousin, Kal-L, the Superman of Earth-Two. Adopted by Kal-L and his wife, Lois Lane, Kara lived happily and eventually became the heroine Power Girl. When the multiverse was erased during the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Power Girl found herself once again a refugee, this time as one of the sole survivors of Earth-Two. Now stranded on Earth-One, Power Girl struggled to find a place to fit in, until the Justice Society of America took her under their wing. For the first time in awhile Power Girl had found a home, where she quickly rose to became a field leader for the team and later the chairwoman. Despite her love for the veteran members who had mentored her, Kara often disagreed with them, which eventually led to a division in the group. Splitting off with many of the other protégés, Power Girl formed her own team, the JSA All-Stars!
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• Q: Society Field Tactician says it triggers "At the beginning of your turn,". Would that be before or after revealing an Order Marker on an Army Card?
  A: Before.

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As a Kryptonian, Power Girl has these Kryptonian Synergies.
• As a Protégé, Power Girl has these Protégé Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• After taking a turn with Power Girl or a Mystery Man, Power Girl may use her JSA All-Stars special power to activate a Protégé. Current Mystery Men and Protégés.
• Mystery Men and Protégés allow Power Girl to use her Society Field Tactician special power. Current Mystery Men and Protégés.

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-Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses-

Immunities:

• As a figure with the Flying special power, Power Girl cannot be affected by aspects of certain special powers. Current Special Powers that Interact Differently with the Flying special power.
• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Power Girl cannot be affected by aspects of certain special powers. Current Special Powers that Interact Differently with the Super Strength special power.

Benefits:

• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Power Girl interacts differently with certain special powers. Current Special Powers that Interact Differently with the Super Strength special power.

Weaknesses:

• As a Kryptonian, Power Girl can be affected by aspects of certain special powers. Current Special Powers that Interacts Differently with Kryptonians.
• Kryptonian figures can bypass Power Girl's Kryptonian Defense special power. Current Kryptonians.
• As a figure with the Flying special power, Power Girl can be affected by aspects of certain special powers. Current Special Powers that Interact Differently with the Flying special power.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• Justice Society Faction Strategy

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: Viegon
• Second playtest: TrollBrute
• Third playtest: Gutudak
• Fourth playtest: Arkham
• Fifth playtest: Viegon (@400 points)
• Sixth playtest: IAmBatman (@400 points)
• Seventh playtest: Ronin (@400 points)
• Sixh playtest: Viegon (additional games @400 points)
• Art: Comic, Mini, Background
• Art by japes

[Viegon]

NAME = POWER GIRL
SECRET IDENTITY = KARA ZOR-L

SPECIES = KRYPTONIAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = PROTÉGÉ
PERSONALITY = CONFIDENT

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 7

MOVE = 6
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 6
DEFENSE = 6

POINTS = 400

JSA ALL-STARS
Once per round, after revealing an Order Marker on this card or the card of a Mystery Man you control and taking a turn with that figure, you may take a turn with a Protégé you control within 4 clear sight spaces of Power Girl, and you may not take any additional turns with other figures you control.

SOCIETY FIELD TACTICIAN
At the beginning of your turn, if Power Girl is engaged and all your Order Markers are on Mystery Men and Protégé Army Cards, you may rearrange any unrevealed Order Markers on cards in your army. You may move Order Markers from cards of your destroyed figures.

INDOMITABLE
If Power Girl begins her turn unengaged, add 2 to her Move number this turn. If she begins her turn engaged, add 2 to her Attack number this turn.

KRYPTONIAN DEFENSE
When rolling defense dice against a normal attack from a figure that is not a Kryptonian, if at least one shield is rolled, all blanks rolled count as additional shields.

FLYING
SUPER STRENGTH

ORIGINAL DESIGN:

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = POWER GIRL
SECRET IDENTITY = KARA ZOR-L

SPECIES = KRYPTONIAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = PROTÉGÉ
PERSONALITY = CONFIDENT

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 7

MOVE = 6
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 6
DEFENSE = 6

POINTS = ???

FIELD TACTICIAN
At the beginning of your turn, if Power Girl is engaged, you may rearrange any unrevealed Order Markers on cards in your army. You may move Order Markers from cards of your destroyed figures.

INDOMITABLE
If Power Girl begins her turn unengaged, add 2 to her Move number this turn. If she begins her turn engaged, add 2 to her Attack number this turn.

JSA ALL-STARS
Once per round, after revealing an Order Marker on this card or the card of a Mystery Man you control and taking a turn with that figure, you may take a turn with a Protégé you control within 5 clear sight spaces of Power Girl, and you may not take any additional turns with other figures you control.

KRYPTONIAN DEFENSE
When rolling defense dice against a normal attack from a figure that is not a Kryptonian, if at least one shield is rolled, all blanks rolled count as additional shields.

FLYING
SUPER STRENGTH

[Viegon]

The only change to the design since we discussed it in the faction thread was to make JSA All-Stars simply once per round as opposed to requiring the X OM (so she doesn’t conflict with Stargirl). I’m really happy with where we’ve already gotten this design, but all thoughts and suggestions are welcome.

ADDITIONAL COMIC ART:

Spoiler Alert!

The Alex Ross art in the OP is my favorite, but here's the most reasonable alternatives I can find:

BACKGROUND ART:

Spoiler Alert!

Cloudy sky seems like the obvious here; as a Kryptonian, getting the sun in the background would be fitting. Some options:





I also like what the fields add in these:

[johnny139]

Still happy with her.

[Dysole]

Field Tactician can make Joker (I) and Ozymandias a lot better. There's ways to mitigate that but thought you should know.

~Dysole, powering up

[Viegon]

Originally Posted by Dysole

Field Tactician can make Joker (I) and Ozymandias a lot better. There's ways to mitigate that but thought you should know.

~Dysole, powering up

I was concerned about it at first, but when I tagged you CRB guys the response I got was that the engagement restriction would prevent it from being an issue. If it is a worry, I'll just add a faction limitation to it.

[Dysole]

Don't get me wrong. It's no Sage/Rogers power but I can see it reasonably happening. I doubt game breaking, but it's definitely worth watching because I could see a combo with them making it really annoying.

~Dysole, observationally

[IAmBatman]

My biggest issue with Field Tactician is I just don't see why it's needed on the card. I think without it you have a really nice, sleek, three powered card that represents the role. You get her physical nature, her leadership of the JSA, and her Kryptonian heritage. What does Field Tactician add that's not already covered?

Competitive concerns aside, I think the design is better without Field Tactician on it.

[A3n]

I don't think Field Tactician suits her. She is more of a brash character & acts before thinking.

Also it would be appropriate if you can draft her & Supergirl as although they are the same secret identity she was from another universe & they co-existed in the same universe for sometime.

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by A3n

Also it would be appropriate if you can draft her & Supergirl as although they are the same secret identity she was from another universe & they co-existed in the same universe for sometime.

Actually, one is Kara Zor-El and one is Kara Zor-L. So it's not a problem.

[Viegon]

Compared to the other JSA members, Power Girl is very much a tactician in my mind. Sure, she's brash and always on the front lines (hence the engagement restriction), but she's also giving out orders and helping her teammates work together efficiently. One of the reasons I like the character so much is that she's not just a kryptonian bruiser, she's very tactically minded.

I'm not a fan of just cutting it and relying on JSA All-Stars, because I don't think it's enough. A once-per-round additional activation is just going to fall short compared to Hawkman's multi-activations, the mobility of Stargirl+Mystery Man of your choice, or the consistent bonding with Liberty Belle and Hourman. I also think Field Tactician would really help pull the faction together nicely, as they already have a few powers that trigger on an OM reveal that won't work with the turn bonding.

If it's really a no-go with everybody, we can drop it, but I'll want to look into making JSA All-Stars stronger if we do.

[TrollBrute]

My only concern is Field Tactician being too strong with Joker, Ozy, etc. as Dysole said. The engagement restriction and a high cost definitely help, but I could see her still falling into that Sage/Rogers role. I'm not opposed to dropping it either, but I think it suits her well.

Other than that, I'm happy with the design.